Grenz rays therapy for inflammatory skin conditions

Summary

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has issued full guidance to the NHS in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland on Grenz rays therapy for inflammatory skin conditions.

The guidance was considered for reassessment in November 2010 and it was concluded that NICE will not be updating this guidance at this stage. However, if you believe there is new evidence which should warrant a review of our guidance, please contact us via the email address below.

Description

Skin inflammation is associated with conditions such as dermatitis, psoriasis and lichen planus. Grenz rays therapy involves exposing the skin to low-energy, non-penetrative electromagnetic radiation. It is used in several inflammatory skin conditions (including certain localised forms of eczema and psoriasis) when other therapies have failed. These conditions can severely impair quality of life, with effects that include redness, itching and blistering.

OPCS4.6 Code(s):

X65.4 Delivery of fraction of external beam radiotherapy NEC

Y91.3 Superficial or orthovoltage treatment for radiotherapy

 Note: A code from Chapter Z would also be recorded to identify the site of the therapy.

In addition an ICD-10 code(s) is assigned for the specific type of inflammatory skin condition being treated, such as eczema or psoriasis.

_{The NHS Classifications Service of NHS Connecting for Health is the central definitive source for clinical coding guidance and determines the coding standards associated with the classifications (OPCS-4 and ICD-10) to be used across the NHS.   The NHS Classifications Service and NICE work collaboratively to ensure the most appropriate classification codes are provided.  www.connectingforhealth.co.uk/clinicalcoding}

Details

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Links:

	IPG236 Grenz rays therapy for inflammatory skin conditions: guidance	28 November 2007
	IPG236 Grenz rays therapy for inflammatory skin conditions: guidance (web format)	10 February 2011
	IPG236 Grenz rays therapy for inflammatory skin conditions: understanding NICE guidance	28 November 2007
	IPG 236 Grenz rays therapy for inflammatory skin conditions: understanding NICE guidance (MS word version)	28 November 2007
	IPG236 Trin cyflyrau croen llidus â phelydrau-x ynni isel (pelydrau Grenz): deall canllawiau NICE (fformat MS Word)	24 July 2008
	Grenz rays therapy for inflammatory skin conditions (interventional procedures consultation)	26 June 2007
	Grenz rays therapy for inflammatory skin conditions (interventional procedures overview)	26 June 2007